JUNIOR Frankston firefighters competed at the CFA/Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria state championships last weekend, for the first time in nearly 30 years. A Frankston Fire Brigade junior team has not competed at the event since 1995. The junior team competed at the 2023 State Urban Junior Championship in Mooroopna on 18 and 19 March. Team coach Melissa Gourley said “the kids kept asking if they could go and we’ve had enough expressions of interest to fill both under 14 and under 16 teams. We’ve got a few aged 16 who will be too old for junior championships next year so…
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THIS year’s Big Picture Fest is underway. Street artists will adorn Frankston landmarks and laneways with huge murals between 20 March and 26 March. Big Picture Fest curator Joel Van Moore said, “this year feels like such an achievement with a critical mass of walls achieved, which has ongoing effect in the community.” “The goal personally was to inspire youth and the community as a whole and create a brighter outlook to anyone who visits Frankston. It’s time to celebrate and move into the next chapter of the festival with digital projections by world famous Filip Roca, a night walk…
GNOMES and fairies will return to Mordialloc this weekend for the annual Gnome and Fairy Festival. The festival is organised by the Rotary Club of Mordialloc. This year’s event will take place on 19 March, 10am – 4pm. Rides, stalls, food trucks, face painting, and live entertainment have been booked for the day. The Gnome and Fairy Festival will be at George Woods Reserve. This year will be the 10 year anniversary of the festival. 5000 people attended last year’s event. Entry is a gold coin. Money raised will be used to fund projects supported by Mordialloc Rotary. First published…
A TRAILBLAZER in the aviation industry has been named Kingston’s woman of the year for 2023. Adrianne Fleming was named the Kingston woman of the year last week. She is a board member of both the Regional Aviation Association of Australia and the AMDA Foundation. She has also been involved with not-for-profits such as Women in Aviation Australian Chapter, Australian Women Pilots’ Association, Moorabbin Airport Chamber of Commerce, and Monash Council’s Empowering Monash Women Steering Committee. The Kingston woman of the year awards were handed out at an International Women’s Day event last week. The winners in the other categories…
Police are preparing a report for the Coroner after a man died in hospital following a crash in Frankston in February. It’s understood a driver lost control of his car on Beach Street about 10.20am on 20 February. The car hit a phone box and three parked cars in a supermarket carpark before coming to a stop. The male driver, a 64-year-old man from Seaford, and his two passengers, an 89-year-old woman from Frankston and a 90-year-old man from Frankston, were transported to hospital. Investigators have been notified that the 90-year-old Frankston man died in hospital early last week. The…